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New ACICA 2021 Arbitration Rules
The Australian Centre of International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) has unveiled revised Arbitration Rules due to enter into force in April 2021. As …
Can predictive analytics prevent employee misconduct?
The appeal of data tools in unearthing misconduct is clear. So are the risks if employers fail to tread carefullyWith predictive policing and crime …
Digital forensics in investigations and the growing data burden
Businesses will need smarter data collection and management strategies to satisfy regulators The approach to digital forensics in investigations is …
Using big data to fight financial crime
In a regulatory environment which demands ever higher standards for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, many financial institutions have responded by …
Regulators lead businesses in monitoring of misconduct
As regulators and law enforcement increasingly rely on advanced data analytics for monitoring and surveillance, the risk is growing that they will detect …
Australian small business payment times reporting bill – what you need to know
In brief The Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020, currently before the Senate, establishes new reporting obligations on the payment practices of large …
Directors and ESG disclosure – The risks will only get bigger
With activist investors and NGOs prowling, firms making flimsy ethical claims will increasingly end up in courtIn the context of BlackRock’s climate …
The ACCC pilots its first ‘effect test’ in misuse of market power proceedings
On 6 December 2019, the ACCC launched its first enforcement proceedings under the new ‘effects test’ prohibition on misuse of market power. The …
Australian decommissioning discussion paper released
The closure and decommissioning of offshore petroleum infrastructure is a significant issue for all countries that exercise jurisdiction over such …
New Australian Guideline on Offshore Decommissioning
On 17 January 2018, the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Department) released its guideline on the application of the Offshore Petroleum …
New Western Australian guideline on decommissioning
In the Petroleum Decommissioning Guideline published on 13 November 2017 (Guideline),1 the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) …
Environmental laws trump Linc Energy creditors
Today the Queensland Supreme Court held that an insolvent company’s environmental obligations under State law were unaffected by the liquidators’ …
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